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Homeland Security

DHS Biometrics Office Taking Steps Toward Replacing IDENT Database

Pat Host

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

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TAMPA, Fla.--The office that performs biometric matching services for the entire Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is close to issuing a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) and hosting an industry day related to the acquisition of a replacement system to its 20-year-old fingerprint database called IDENT.The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) also has a program manager in place for the acquisition of the replacement biometric system, which officially is being called the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system that…

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